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- Director: David Cronenberg
- Writer: Steve Knight
- Cinematographer: Peter Suschitsky
- Editor: Ronald Sanders
- Producers: Robert Lantos, Paul Webster, Tracey Seaward
- Running time: 100 minutes
- Starring: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
- Release date: September 14, 2007
- 2008 Academy Award nomination, Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen
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Eastern Promises is a crime thriller directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen. In 2008, Mortensen was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar and a Golden Globe for the film, but lost both to Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood.
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Critical Reception
Eastern Promises appeared on several top ten lists of the Best Films of 2007. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four stars and describes the film's climactic fight scene as a benchmark that sets the same standard for fights as The French Connection did for car chases. The film retains an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. -
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Eastern Promises Questions
How many Americans are receiving a pension or promised a pension? 1 AnswerAbout 44 million Americans are either receiving pensions or will qualify for them when they retire. read more
Did Israel promise not to strike Iran? 1 AnswerIsrael has stated that it would never attack Iran with the goal of the Iranian people themselves being the target, nor of their government being the specific ta... read more -
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